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Where is the preferences file under MacOS X?

April 26, 2017file MacOS preferences

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Where is the preferences file under MacOS X?

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It is currently still in the Classic system preferences folder. In the rare case no Classic folder is found, the preferences are stored in the global MacOS X preferences folder (/library/preferences), if possible. (non-admin users can’t create files there). I do plan to change this in a future version, but for the moment the Classic prefs folder seems like a good place because it’s accessible by all users in MacOS X, and from MacOS 9 too.